With the Rio Olympics just over a month away, six of Britain’s team ventured to the French Open in Vichy to complete their final racing preparations prior to rest and tapers and a trip to the British holding camp in Belo Horizonte in late July. And a successful trip to the continent it turned out to be.
Ben Proud continued his Rio preparations with a useful tune up at the Seven Hills meet in Rome over the weekend. The Plymouth swimmer took a strong gold in the 50m freestyle, with a swim of 22.08. That was enough to hold off European 100m champions Luca Dotto who finished second and Japan's Shinji Shioura … Continue Reading→
Jemma Lowe reflects on a disappointing trials meet for her, and the heartache of missing out on a third Olympics. Still life must go on in and out of the pool.
As the outcome of Yulia Efimova’s doping hearing looms, pullbuoy podcast regular Katie Wyld takes a look into the murky pond of doping in sport, with a little help from Nintendo
Scottish swimmer and London 2012 silver medallist Michael Jamieson took to his first triathlon like a duck to water Saturday 4 June as he completed Blenheim Palace Triathlon to raise nearly £600 for blood cancer charity Bloodwise. The 27-year-old Glaswegian took part in support of his friend and fellow swimmer Lewis Coleman, who lost his … Continue Reading→
